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276 Emulsion Out II. Alvin shots, interior and underwater

 Item — Shelf: B1
Identifier: 30120004550

Scope and Contents

0:05 Alvin moving along sea floor. 0:23 Marvin McCamis looking through viewport. 0:25 Alvin moving along sea floor. 0:39 metal plate removed from furnace by fork truck and placed on press. 1:05 press shaping metal plate. 1:13 half-sphere removed from furnace. 1:21 RV Lulu at sea with Alvin on deck. 1:43 Alvin lowered on platform and launched, McCamis in Alvin. 3:02 divers jump into water and unhook Alvin. 3:30 Alvin and diver, small boat nearby. 3:33 McCamis enters Alvin and closes hatch. 3:52 Alvin in water, Lulu in background. 4:04 underwater and surface views of Alvin and diver. 4:25 McCamis on transmitter in sphere. 4:33 Bill Rainnie on transmitter in Lulu bridge. 4:35 McCamis and Val Wilson in sphere. 4:43 underwater and surface views of Alvin with diver. 4:59 Alvin descends, view from above. 5:07 Al Vine in sphere, looking through viewport. 5:14 shark. 5:21 McCamis, Wilson, and Vine in sphere. 5:38 Alvin descending. 6:14 Wilson. 6:21 Alvin moving along surface. 6:30 McCamis looking through viewport. 6:40 Alvin maneuvering along sea floor. 7:38 instruments in sphere, McCamis and Wilson. 7:34 stingray. 8:05 views of sea floor. 8:14 fish. 8:20 Alvin maneuvering along sea floor. 8:31 McCamis using mechanical arm control box. 8:40 mechanical arm grasping sample, seen through viewport. 9:16 Alvin moving along sea floor. 10:10 views of sea floor. The runtime for this video is 10m 55.

Dates

  • Creation: 1964-1975

Conditions Governing Access

Original recordings are restricted for preservation reasons. Contact Institution Archivist for access options at dla@whoi.edu.

Extent

1 reel : 16 mm, 400 ft

Language

From the Record Group: English

General

This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository

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